Map of Burundi

Burundi data

Projects in Burundi

State of the map

Relatively little mapping has been done in Burundi by now, mainly because of missing aerial imagery of the great part of the country and lack of local contributors. Lately there has been registred great progress in mapping of Bujumbura, partly due to the EUROSHA project, which has been running there since October.

HOT in Burundi

HOT is conducting a mapping project in Burundi since mid-October 2012 as part of the EUROSHA project together with France Volontaire.
The initial focus is on baseline mapping of Bujumbura and the regions in which the needs are most crucial.
All these activities are meant to support the growth of a local OSM group in Burundi and the growth of the OSM project.

Events

Mapping party with EUROSHA BURUNDI Project with Scouts and Guides (Bujumbura): 11-24-2012

Mapping party with EUROSHA BURUNDI Project with Scouts and Guides (Bujumbura): 12-15-2012

What we are working on

Baseline mapping of Bujumbura

Using satellite imagery and field surveys, the international team of EUROSHA volunteers is trying to improve the map of Bujumbura, which is not realy complete for now. Although we do our best to make some progress at this point, this task remains unfinnished due to other activities.

Formation on OSM tools

First training on using OpenStreetMap tools held by EUROSHA project has started from 12-10-2012 with motivated group of IT students of AJDI (Association des Jeunes pour la Démocratisation de l'Informatique). Five mid-day technical sessions has been held, including one mapping party with this group. The training is previewed to be concluded in January by evaluation. The plan is to follow the group and involve it to our next activities.

From January on, the OSM training with Scouts and Guides is planned to be done on the same basis as the training we are working on with AJDI.

Useful resources

Aerial Imagery

Aerial Imagery can be a very usefull tool in mapping. However, all data derived from aerial imagery should be verified in the field. Great care should be taken, that aerial images are aligned properly with the coordinate system in OSM. The best way is to align the images with ways in OSM that are derived from or verified by GPS survey in the field. It would be very helpfull when the source of the data is easily identified, for instance by using [source=GPS] or [source=Yahoo] etc.

Currently, there is a project called Better maps for Burundi runned by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) which consits creation of the new aerial imagery of Burundi.